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OPINION: Demand for red meat is booming, while it seems the heyday of plant-based protein is well past its 'best…
Scabby mouth is common and the infection rate in some sheep flocks can be as high as 90%.
New Zealanders should stop extolling the virtues of the No 8 wire concept.
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Milking cows, goats and sheep on one farm has been a steep learning curve for Te Aroha farmer Kevin Schuler and his brother Paul.
A report from Beef + Lamb New Zealand highlights the role NZ-produced red meat has to play in a sustainable diet.
Data released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows a 56.4% rise in the number of farm sales for the three month-period ending November 2020.
Despite Covid-19-related processing restrictions and a widespread drought in the first half of 2020, sheep and beef farmers despite achieved a near record 130.3% lambing percentage, slightly lower than spring 2019 where 131% lambing was achieved.
The number of beef cattle increased for the fourth year in a row in 2020, while the national dairy herd and sheep flock have both continued to fall in recent years, Stats NZ said.
A leading food and drink consumer researcher says Covid-19 has caused a significant shift in people's priorities when it comes to buying food - with sustainability now becoming a top priority.
NZ's primary sector's strong commitment to sustainability holds the key to the country obtaining a quality, comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union.
Shareholders at the Alliance Group Annual Meeting this week were told the cooperative showed agility in an unprecedented year as a result of Covid-19 and adverse weather events.
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Animal rights group SAFE and the New Zealand Animal Law Association (NZALA) have written an open letter to the Prime Minister asking her to appoint a Commissioner for Animals.
More farmers expect economic conditions to improve in the coming year, thanks to increased overseas demand for New Zealand milk and meat.
More than 250 people recently gathered at the Kerepehi Industrial Estate, near Paeroa, to celebrate the opening of the new premises of industry stalwart Quinn Engineering.
A group formed to look at implementation of intensive winter grazing regulations has delivered its advice to the Government.
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